Bitcoin slips to $78,800 as BNB and DeFi tokens buck the selloff
Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.
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Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.
Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.
Bitcoin, gold and technology stocks fall as the yen rallies, while oil prices and government bond yields climb globally.
A golden cross has triggered on bitcoin's daily price chart, indicating a potential long-term bullish trend ahead.
Supposed whitehat hackers behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC they took, but nearly $47 million in bitcoin is still outstanding.
Every major token fell on Tuesday, though most keep weekly gains, with traders pricing a 60% chance of a Fed hike next week.
The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.
Nearly 600 BTC remains outstanding after Blockstream told the actors in an on-chain message that Liquid’s bridge nodes had been patched.
A plea agreement hearing in Lam's case is set for Tuesday in Washington, nearly two years after his arrest in Miami.
Bitcoin’s struggle to break $80,000 comes as markets price in a growing chance of a September rate hike, putting monetary conditions back in focus.
Read the latest update on Capital B Raises €25.3M And Buys 376 Bitcoin For Treasury.
Capital B’s latest Bitcoin purchase was its largest in nearly a year, pushing the French company ahead of H100 Group among publicly traded BTC holders.